Best Disto Backup Tool

[gregb]

Best disto back-up is a second disto with charged batteries and infared glasses. Sure, there are several 100' tapes in the trunk but it would take a knife to cut thru the cobwebs. 8" X 14" graph paper is my choice, yet I hear many appraisers have no need for it. Wonder what they do when they get into apex and the sketch does not square up...must have missed a wall or two.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

100 foot tape from Harbor Freight, cheap. Had to add my own hook though.
25 or 20 foot metal tapes from Harbor Freight. Find a coupon for a free one with any purchase.
I dropped one into a trench at a vacant REO. Seemed a little hazardous to try and retrieve it, so I said goodbye.
Had one disappear at an inspection. Where did it go? Told the homeowner if you find it, it's yours, they are cheap.

 

[Elliott]

Closest thing to fly fishing:

A Bosch GLM 40 is my back up for attics.

 

[Tim The Enchanter]

Closest thing to fly fishing:

A Bosch GLM 40 is my back up for attics.

A 2 stroke!

 

[ChristianG]

I use a tape equally with a Disto. I can pull and retrieve this tape faster than trying to find a target in many cases. The "claw" works with difficult edges and gutters and has a 3:1 gear reel

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B015JLTXCA/?tag=realestatappraat

Edit to add
Another handy tool for your toolbox

https://www.apexwin.com/registration/store.php?cat=8

Thanks for the links, Eddie. I was thinking about that kind of tape.

 

[ChristianG]

Disto and the fattest pocket tape measure you can find. Over 10' = disto. 2-10'= tape measure. <2'= tape glued to 18" clipboard.

Where can I buy an 18" clipboard?
The largest I was able to find was a legal size, and that's about 15.5" long

 

[DTB]

Where can I buy an 18" clipboard?
The largest I was able to find was a legal size, and that's about 15.5" long

https://www.google.com/search?q=12+...8+clipboard&tbm=shop&spd=15156472205770572311

 

[DTB]

...and before you ask...

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Delta-6-...zd9p9fs1XHUn0pKbPSSwAxoC_Jrw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

 

[ChristianG]

...and before you ask...

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Delta-6-ft-x-3-4-in-Right-Tape-with-English-Units-79-068/205112282?cm_mmc=Shopping|G|Base|PLA|D25T|PowerTools&gclid=CjwKEAjwlpbIBRCx4eT8l9W26igSJAAuQ_HGmGw0UbnvOR6H5Yop8jS1zd9p9fs1XHUn0pKbPSSwAxoC_Jrw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Thanks, DTB

 

[residentialguy]

I use a tape equally with a Disto. I can pull and retrieve this tape faster than trying to find a target in many cases. The "claw" works with difficult edges and gutters and has a 3:1 gear reel

Exactly. Same here....except I use the protape auto rewind. Super fast and only need one hand operation.